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An Air India Boeing 787-8, registration VT-ANB performing flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad (India) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 230 passengers and 12 crew, was departing Ahmedabad's runway 23 at 13:38L (08:08Z), when the crew declared Mayday "No Thrust, not taking lift" and the aircraft crashed into the "BJ Medical College" in Meghaninagar surbub about 1.36nm past the runway end, first impact at position N23.056 E72.612 with wreckage spread over 200 meters. Rescue services are at the scene. There have been fatalities and injuries on the ground, local police believed there was no survivor on board of the aircraft, however, later confirmed one survivor. The airline confirmed 241 people on board died in the crash, there was only one survivor. There are 33 fatalities on the ground confirmed in addition to many injuries on the ground.

The airline confirmed an incident with flight AI-171.

India's DGCA reported the crew called Mayday at 13:39L (08:09Z) before the crash, there was no further transmission. The aircraft carried 230 passengers (169 Indian, 53 British, 1 Canadian and 7 Portuguese Nationals) and 12 crew.

On Jun 13th 2025 the DGCA reported, that initial preliminary findings rule out a bird strike as no bird carcasses have been found. Loading of the aircraft was routine, hence a load problem is unlikely. The likelihood of a pilot error is considered minimal as is the simultaneous failure of both engines. An inspection of all Dreamliners (B788, B789) has been ordered.

Police sources have indicated, that one of the blackboxes has been recovered.

On Jun 13th 2025 India's Civil Aviation Minister reported the blackbox found at the rooftop of the doctor's hostel is the flight data recorder.

On Jun 14th 2025 Government Officials reported they have 319 body parts, both complete and incomplete. There were 33 fatalities on the ground, thus 274 in total. Recovery work is still underway. Both flight data and cockpit voice recorder as well as the aircraft's ELT were recovered.

India's AAIB have opened an investigation. The US NTSB and UK AAIB have dispatched teams to India to join the investigation.

Ground witnesses reported the aircraft impacted hostel buildings within a states run college for doctors, one student was able to jump out of the hotel and survived with injuries. About 50-60 students have been injured.

Local police listed 25 people who were injured on the ground and taken to hospitals. At about 14:00Z police updated there have 204 bodies been recovered and there have been 41 injured. It appears there has been no survivor on board of the aircraft. In the late evening (India time) local police confirmed a survivor on board of the aircraft who had been seated in 11A.

India's Miniter of Interior confirmed there has been one survivor. Many occupants of the aircraft are feared dead, the actual number will only be announced after DNA verification.

Relatives of the survivor in England confirmed the survivor had reported to them, but his brother was still missing.

BJ Medical College reported that three of their students have been killed in the crash.

The airline reported 241 people on board perished in the crash, there was only one survivor.

According to information coming from India the captain of the flight (60) had accumulated 8200 hours of flying experience, was line training captain and was about to retire. The first officer had accumulated 1100 hours of flying experience.

According to ADS-B the aircraft had entered runway 23 from the apron, which without backtracking would leave a takeoff distance available of 1900 meters/6300 feet. Four minutes later - without further position data being received, so unclear whether the aircraft backtracked or not - the aircraft took off. In the last ADS-B position the aircraft had climbed to about 625 feet MSL (about 400 feet AGL) at 174 knots over ground.

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